| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| derivation |
the source of a thing; origin. |
| disband |
of an organized group, to break up or disperse. |
| dysfunctional |
of a relationship, family, or social group, not working normally or in a way beneficial to all. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| insuperable |
not able to be conquered or overcome. |
| malignant |
meant to cause harm; evil. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| preposterous |
totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd. |
| prodigy |
a person, especially a young one, of exceptional talent or ability. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |